Chapter 207

“What a strange individual!”

Oliver muttered internally. His head felt like it was swelling and ached mildly.

His body had felt exceptionally refreshing and at ease since he obtained the Book of Immortality’s aura. Being in such a sublime physical state meant he never experienced fever or dizziness, let alone a headache.

“What’s happening to me?”

His head weighed a ton, and the prickling pain was as if he was having a hangover.

Oliver rubbed his temples and circulated the Book of Immortality’s aura around his mind again. The feeling was like cold water flowing through him instantly, and he resumed his state of comfort.

The sense that something was off dawned upon him right then. “Could it be…

He lowered his gaze toward the crystal. “Does the problem lie with this?”

No wonder things felt strange. Everything that had occurred, such as the hallucinations appearing in his lucid mind, the fog inside the crystal suddenly becoming transparent, and the hangover-like sensation akin to pin-pricks, was the crystal’s doing.

“What does… the man look like?” Oliver looked up abruptly and directed his question at Frederick, who was caught off guard and had a delayed reaction.

“Who? Do you mean Howard, the priest?”

Oliver nodded.

Frederick cocked his head. “He looks to be in his thirties or forties. How should I put it? While he isn’t handsome, he’s certainly not bad-looking. He also possesses an impeccable aura like that of a divine being…”

“Besides, I felt as if he could see through my mind when I looked into his eyes…” He recalled and paused briefly before he pointed it out.

been indifferent to Frederick’s description, yet his attitude toward the inconceivable

such mystifying individuals truly exist?”

toward this so-called priest since the crystal he requested Frederick to send

without the Book of Immortality’s aura inside his body?

aura prevented

anything good.

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“He doesn’t know me, right?

“I suppose… not? I can’t remember exactly. My mind keeps thinking of his eyes.”

under normal circumstances. Why would a stranger ask Frederick to hand him a crystal if he

Frederick was sharp-witted despite being mean and complacent. He just met that person. It didn’t make sense for him

out of the blue? After contemplating for a while, Oliver said to

said nothing more, noticing Oliver moved his attention elsewhere at his pronouncement, and immediately got up to return to his room.

Wayne and Simon

Oliver’s broody look and urgently queried, “Mr. Eastwood, what

is Howard, and he was supposed to take a look at Yancy’s illness. However, I had concerns about him being a charlatan and asked Uncle Frederick

and Simon. “This feels strange. I started hallucinating after I stared at it. Thankfully, I managed to free myself from the illusions. I was racking my brain thinking about why Howard, the priest, sent me this crystal if he wasn’t acquainted with me. I also feel as if he’s behaving antagonistically toward me.

addressed Oliver, “Mr. Eastwood, we’ll look into this

head. “That’s my intention as well. I want to conduct a background check before meeting

as soon as he finished speaking, “You shouldn’t go alone. Let Sim accompany you. This man… feels malevolent to me.

two more men to the hotel. He departed with Simon only

the creme-de-le-creme of the elite

a swindler or a member of

didn’t believe he could cure Yancy’s peculiar sickness.

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